This was shared with me and I thought it was worth posting on here to see what other think of this idea of what might have caused the explosion. New lessons from the worst oil spill disaster ever

It seems like just another potential issue in a long list of issues, but not really anything profound. Complications from hydrates were not an unknown at that time. Suggesting a plug delayed the detection of gas buildup does not negate the fact that had the well been properly drilled, cased, cemen…

From my reading of the article adding another link in the chain is correct as is no change in the basic cause. However I’d say another way of looking at it is the hydrate plug added another layer between what was actually happening and what the drilling crew was able to observe. Earlier repo…

Er, at the risk of self-promotion, read our book. We studied that incident for five years and subjected our work to extensive peer review. And it has stood the test of time since publication (see the latest reader review on Amazon). Hydrates are unlikely. He was also working off incorrect descripti…

Read the book. Case closed. They weren’t drilling an experimental well using new methods or exploring new matters of geological physics. They took short cuts that did not work out as planned. They had all gotten away with similar acts in the past but this one came back to bite them. Will it change t…

Yeah, somewhere in the gigabytes of data I have is a “lessons learned” briefing from a law firm. One of the lessons is “email discipline.” Earl

[image] Go by the Book, Follow the Procedure - Cook vs Chef Scuttlebutt IIRC the last time I saw you it was on a motorcycle with a bad tire.

Well hydrates are a thing but they are not a new thing nor in anyway a cause of the Macondo blowout it seems to me. Read this article several times and cant grasp its purpose. It reads like a public relations release not a summary of a scientific or engineering paper. How dramatic. “When I read th…

[image] Earl_Boebert1: Er, at the risk of self-promotion, read our book. We studied that incident for five years and subjected our work to extensive peer review. :point_up:What he said.

Experienced 2 of the four hurricanes mentioned in the well stated article. Juan was not the strongest, but most unpredictable. Came in, came out, and looped. Circled for days below it to avoid it, still tagged my ass after it made landfall and came back out into the Gulf.

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